This guide, brought to you by the Terwilliger Center for Housing, offers a curated list of events taking place at the ULI 2024 Spring Meeting in New York that will address affordable housing and homelessness. With detailed descriptions, dates, and times (all in ET), you can plan your schedule and maximize your experience while in NYC.

For the most detailed and up-to-date information about these events and the rest of the Spring Meeting, please visit the official Spring Meeting website.

We recommend these housing-related activities:

• Tue, April 9: ULI Homeless to Housed Symposium | 10:30am – 12:00pm
• Tue, April 9: ULI Homeless to Housed Cohort Lunch (INVITE ONLY) | 10:30am – 12:00pm
• Tue, April 9: ULI Home Attainability Index: Putting the Numbers into Practice | 2:30 – 3:30pm
• Wed, April 10: Psst. The (Secret) Government Program with the Potential to Combat Homelessness | 10:00 – 10:20am
• Wed, April 10: Bridging the Gap: Strategies for Equitable Housing Access in Space-Constrained Cities | 11:30 – 11:50am
• Thu, April 11: Developing “Missing Middle” Housing: Opportunities, Challenges, and Creative Financing Tools | 2:30 – 3:30pm
• Thu, April 11: 2024 Home Attainability Index (Demo) | 11:00 – 11:20am

Note: All listed program and activities, except for tours, are open to all registered Spring Meeting attendees.

Tuesday, April 9

The Revitalization of the South Bronx | 8:00am – 12:00pm | Tour | Separate registration required

Experience the revitalization of the South Bronx through affordable housing mechanisms in the Mott Haven district with developer L+M. East 162nd Street Court provides 126 mixed-income rental apartments, thirty-seven reserved for formerly homeless families in need of supportive services. Bronx Point represents a transformative mixed-use development of approximately 530,000 square feet that will bring affordable housing, educational community facilities, dynamic retail uses, and engaging new open space along the Harlem River waterfront in the South Bronx.

Public and Private Partnerships in Essex Crossing | 8:15 am – 12:00 pm | Tour | Separate registration required

Essex Crossing represents a true partnership between public and private interests: L+M, BFC Development Partners, Taconic Investment Partners, and Grand Street Settlement. Located in the Lower East Side, the $1.5 billion project will include 1,079 units of residential rental and for-sale housing (of which over 50 percent will be permanently affordable to a wide range of incomes), in addition to commercial, office, community, and cultural, and green space.

ULI Homeless to Housed Symposium | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | New York Hilton Midtown – Level 2, Murray Hill Suite | Special Program

Join host Connie Moore, author Gregg Colburn of “Homelessness is a Housing Problem,” and other industry experts to explore solutions addressing the housing and homelessness crisis in the U.S. Additional speakers include Rafael Cestero, CEO of Community Preservation Corporation and Co-chair of ULI’s 2017 LA homelessness panel; and Muzzy Rosenblatt, CEO of Bowery Residents’ Committee. Presented by ULI’s Homeless to Housed Initiative and open to all registered meeting attendees.

ULI Homeless to Housed Cohort Lunch | 12:00pm – 1:30pm | New York Hilton Midtown – Concourse D | Invitation Only

Members and staff of the Homeless to Housed (H2H) Local Technical Assistance Cohort 1 gather to share insights and collaborate on their respective projects. Presented by ULI’s Homeless to Housed Initiative.

ULI Home Attainability Index: Putting the Numbers into Practice | 2:30-3:30pm

This session will present the findings from ULI Terwilliger Center’s 2024 Home Attainability Index, a data-rich resource for understanding the extent to which a housing market provides a range of choices attainable to the regional workforce. Through this session, featuring Adam Ducker, CEO of RCLCO, attendees will learn how the data can help decision-making for local economies: e.g., what type of housing is needed, and at what price point; who exactly is priced out; and how it is affecting the ability for employers to attract and retain workers.

Mixed-Income Housing: A Tool for Creating Inclusive Communities | 4:00 – 5:00pm

New York City has a unique and varied history of developing mixed-income housing. As cities around the country grapple with a growing housing affordability crisis, state and local governments are increasingly experimenting with different programs and formats of producing mixed-income housing to address this challenge. Panelists will draw from the experiences of NYC projects such as Essex Crossing, Navy Green, and Hunter’s Point South to shed light on the benefits and challenges, including NIMBYism (not in my backyard), levels of affordability, and resource allocation; demystify available financing vehicles; and identify the tools government can deploy to promote mixed-income housing.

Wednesday, April 10

Vertical Placemaking within a Historic Urban Fabric: Partnering with Legacy Institutions to Leverage Inherited Context in Morningside Heights | 8:00am – 12:00pm | Tour | Separate ticket required

New York’s Morningside Heights is a historic area grappling with an ever-growing demand for housing. The neighborhood’s legacy institutions have uncovered new opportunities by partnering with for-profit development teams to introduce a new, denser building typology—tall, modern apartment towers. This tour will examine how a range of development groups and their design teams have leveraged the historic urban underpinnings of Morningside Heights to create new projects that demonstrate the value of vertical placemaking within the neighborhood.

Psst. The (Secret) Government Program with the Potential to Combat Homelessness | 10:00 – 10:20am

Uncover a hidden weapon in the fight against homelessness: Title V. This 30-year policy tool states that surplus federal buildings and property must be evaluated and made available to nonprofit organizations and state and local governments to serve unhoused people. But making Title V deals work is no easy task. Join the discussion with leaders working to cut the red tape to create much-needed housing. Presented by ULI’s Homeless to Housed Initiative.

Bridging the Gap: Strategies for Equitable Housing Access in Space-Constrained Cities | 11:30 – 11:50am

In NYC, vacant land is hard to come by. A growing population compounded by international migration has put New York at an inflection point: create more housing or exacerbate the homelessness crisis. Researchers at The Parsons School of Design are discovering the potential of locating modular micro-apartments, integrated with supportive services, on sites encumbered by years of predesign and entitlement processes. Based on preconstruction land leases, this model aims to bridge a critical gap in the “Continuum of Care” while optimizing development costs and unleashing the potential underutilized land for interim community benefit. Presented by ULI’s Homeless to Housed Initiative.

Thursday, April 11